Feng Xing - Chapter 131

The clapper of the third watch had already been played outside, but Zhou Hui didn’t feel sleepy at all.

Thinking of Qi Bihe’s evasion against him during the day, he became very angry.

They will watch the fire from the other side, they will not see the rabbits or scatter the eagles, they will rush to the front against others, thinking about the convenience given by those people to do things by themselves on weekdays.

In this world, there is no wall that does not leak.

As long as it has been done, someone will know that the reason why many things can be done is either because of their own people, united as one, or even if someone knows, they just turned a blind eye.

So the idea of ​​those people can’t be more clear!

Thinking of this, Zhou Hui sneered twice in the dark.

Really unable to fall asleep, he sat up, and the movement inside attracted the maid on duty at night.

He is a charming and enchanting person.

In the 28th year, the figure is already obvious, knowing that the bright color of the skirt and the tight belt make the **** in the pink shirt even more bulging.

If it was the past, Zhou Hui would have to start thinking about it, but unfortunately he has no interest at all tonight.

So she gave the blind man a winking look, and the beautiful servant girl had resentment in her eyes, but she didn’t dare to say anything. According to Zhou Hui’s order, she lit the candlestick on the high table.

“Go down.”

The maid wanted to say something, but she could see that the master’s expression was not good, so she hurriedly lowered her head and went down.

As soon as he turned around, a person hurried in from the outside, mixed with a gust of cold wind.

Those who can still come here at this moment must be those who are close to Zhou Hui, even ordinary wives and concubines cannot do it.

The man stretched out his hand to help Liu Hong who was knocked sideways, without looking at her, he hurried to the bed, and whispered a few words in Zhou Hui’s ear.

Liu Hong glanced back while standing still.

It’s Housekeeper Zhou, the master’s confidant.

Busy didn’t even dare to move his body, as if bitten by a dog, he stumbled to the outside.

Before disappearing outside the door, she vaguely heard a sentence—

“…It’s done, the Imperial Envoy really is…”

What is it?

It was already very late at night, but the west corner of Fuya Street West Street was brightly lit.

Cart after cart of grain was transported to the city along the Hanxi Gate. Along the road, there were countless soldiers standing on both sides holding torches.

From a distance, it looks like a lamp post.

The convoy is like a long dragon, moving forward in an orderly manner.

There is a curfew in the city, and when the time comes, there will be no one on the street, and even if there are people, seeing such a scene, they will know what the battle is, and they will stay away from it.

Occasionally, there are soldiers in armor, patrolling with their soldiers, staring at the convoy with eyes like torches…seriously speaking, they are staring at the food on the car.

Nowadays, food is as expensive as gold, and having this batch of food can solve the current crisis, so many patrolling soldiers have faint smiles on their faces.

Suddenly, the convoy paused.

In this case, which car must have a problem, it will stop.

I knew in my heart that the convoys were one after another, and they were transporting food in the middle of the night. Many drivers were trying their best. If one didn’t pay attention, he didn’t notice that the car in front stopped and hit it. Although nothing major will happen, it is not beautiful to cause chaos after all.

The sharp-eyed patrolling soldiers, who noticed all this, hurriedly led the people forward, and at the same time called for everyone to stop.

Soon, he arrived at the scene of the incident.

There was a problem with the wheels of a car, the car was tilted to one side, and the grain on the car also fell to the ground with inertia.

“Why are you so careless? The car still works?”

A few soldiers stepped forward to help the coachman move all the grain to the side. The coachman squatted under the cart to look at it, touched the wheels, and said, “It’s still usable, it’s still usable, just put it on again.”

The soldiers helped him lift the cart, and the coachman, with the help of two other men, put the wheels back on. Trying to drive the mule to pull the car forward, walking as usual.

The coachman breathed a sigh of relief, and took the initiative to move the grain bags on the side to the cart.

Others also stepped forward to help him.

A bag of grain weighs as much as a stone, but today I don’t know if these soldiers are born with supernatural powers, or what, they can move with ease.

Under the light of the torch, the light is jumping.

A young soldier was carrying food to the cart, turned around and bumped into another soldier, before the two could react, the young soldier scolded: “Be careful!”

The scolding was like thunder in the rain, and it made people tremble all over. Turning his head to look, the soldier’s eyes were so bright that people dare not look directly at them.

So he didn’t dare to delay, and his subordinates moved faster.

No one noticed that a corner of a sack of grain was torn from the lower part of the car, and something faintly flowed out.

In the dark, someone grabbed a handful and hurriedly hid it in his arms.

…

Seeing that the light in the room was very dark, Housekeeper Zhou took out a fire pocket and lit two more candlesticks.

Then, under Zhou Huiruju’s gaze, he took out a cloth bag from his bosom.

Spreading out the cloth bag, there was a handful of rice bran inside.

Zhou Hui’s pupils shrank first, then dilated. He laughed loudly and said, “Okay, I knew he was a fraud.”

Excited, he actually said a few words.

“Then what are you going to do?”

“Of course I’m looking for Hu Zhongcheng, Mr. Qi, etc., to discuss a big plan!” Satisfied, Zhou Hui got off the bed regardless, took the official robe, put it on, put it on, and left, forgetting a boot .

“My lord, you’d better wait. When is it now? How can you say that the wind is rain? You should take a rest and wait until dawn before going out. If you go to the lords at this time, if you let the imperial envoys know, you can do it in advance.” With preparedness…”

Hearing this, Zhou Hui suddenly stopped moving.

Standing where he was, his eyes flickered, and he went back to the bed and sat down.

It’s not that Zhou Hui is out of tune, but that things have not been going well in the recent period. The imperial envoy is very wary of him. There is no loophole in Guangji Warehouse. The imperial envoy dismissed it lightly.

In desperation, he even planned to draw his salary from the bottom of the pot, but unexpectedly received news that a batch of food would arrive tonight.

He missed the opportunity to go to Liang last time, and he won’t miss it this time. So even if the imperial envoy strictly guarded against him, he couldn’t stand him as a local snake, and finally let him find the other party’s handle.

Tomorrow, he summoned all the officials and showed them what he had in hand. If he didn’t prepare it for the imperial envoy, he went straight to Guangfengcang.

There are witnesses and material evidence, and seeing that the imperial envoy uses rice bran and wheat bran as food, they must understand their situation and will not waver again.

At that time, the imperial envoy lost face and messed up his errand, so he had an explanation to the capital.

Just thinking about it like this, Zhou Hui became more and more excited and complacent, and couldn’t sleep for the next time. After finally surviving until dawn, he didn’t even care to wash his face, so he hurriedly put on his official robe and called someone, got into a sedan chair and hurried to the governor’s yamen.

It was just after the hour, and there were few pedestrians on West Street.

There are many autumn leaves, and the wind blows the fallen leaves and blows them around, adding a bit of bleak atmosphere.

But in early winter, it was frighteningly cold, and the wind seemed to contain ice scum, which made people’s faces numb and hands and feet cold. The bearers usually know the rules, but today it is really too cold, especially after sweating and blowing the wind, it makes people feel cold to the bone, so they can’t help rubbing their hands and stamping their feet to keep out the cold.

But his eyes were always looking at the gate, and then looking at the few sedan chairs parked in front of the gate, he knew that something big was going to happen.

“My lords came to visit so early, I don’t know what is the important business? The imperial envoy stayed up all night worrying about transporting food last night, and only went to bed at dawn. If there is nothing important, I’d better come back later.”

“It’s really important. All these grown-ups are here, so let me tell you.” A low-pitched male voice came from the sedan chair with silver top and soap-colored curtains carried by eight people.

The official sedan chair carried by eight people with a silver top can only sit on the official sedan chair of the third rank or above, so even if the sedan chair curtain has not been raised, it is known who is sitting inside.

Now in Taiyuan City, there are only three people who are qualified to sit in this kind of sedan chair, and they are all people who stomp their feet and shake their feet three times.

“In such a cold day, closing the door to prevent people from entering, is this the imperial envoy’s way of hospitality? Or are you a murderer who deceives me and deliberately shuts the door for me?” came from another tin-topped official sedan chair. Angrily scolded, the person sitting inside was the Zhouhui of Shanxi Duliangdao Chief Grain Officer.

This Guangfeng warehouse used to be under the jurisdiction of Zhouhui, and Lai Yingmen was an official of Guangfeng warehouse. Seeing such a big hat being buckled at this time, he was so frightened that his whole body trembled like chaff.

If this crime is carried out, it will not be enough to kill his family. Immediately, he didn’t dare to stop him any more, and let him go.

No one found out that Guangfeng warehouse, which is usually guarded by heavy soldiers, had two small servants come out to answer the door today. Maybe someone has discovered it, but thinking about the food that was transported all night last night, one can understand why this is the case.

Several adults led the yamen servants and entourages, and entered inside like hungry wolves chasing sheep.

Ignoring the officials who wanted to lead them to the meeting place, they went straight to the back instead.

Going to the back is where the warehouse is, and there is also a place for relief, no matter where it is, the imperial envoy expressly prohibits people from intruding.

Seeing several adults approaching fiercely, no one dared to stop them forcefully, so they could only follow behind and say good things, while hurriedly ordering people to invite the imperial envoy adults to come.

King Wei will arrive soon.

He happened to stop everyone in front of the warehouse door.

His face was tired, his eyes were slightly black and bloodshot, as if he really stayed up all night last night. His expression was condensed, his thin lips were pursed into a line, and he stared at everyone.

“What are you doing?”

“Master Imperial Envoy, my subordinates and all your lords received an accusation that the Imperial Envoy used cheap things such as rice bran and wheat bran to pretend to be the relief food allocated by the imperial court in order to commit the crime of corruption. In order to show his innocence, the Imperial Envoy It’s better not to make unnecessary resistance, let someone open the warehouse for me to have a look.”

Different from the previous respectful, Zhou Hui’s eyebrows and eyes were drawn down today with a kind of disdain. It’s as if grabbing King Wei’s weakness will definitely make him unlucky.

“The relief food allocated by the imperial court? Whether the imperial court has issued relief money, this king knows it, and so do you. Since I came here, I have ordered you to raise food for disaster relief, and you have pushed back and forth, saying that there are difficulties. This is also the case with Mr. Zhou, if I remember correctly.” Wei Wang said coldly.

Zhou Hui quibbled: “One yard is worth one yard. I know that I am incompetent, but the severe drought in Shanxi has lasted for two years. Even if Zhuge is alive, I will do everything I can. The imperial envoy can borrow money from other provinces. Food is the well-being of the people in Shanxi, and it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with whether the adults will exchange the borrowed food for cheap things such as rice bran and wheat bran, and make it into relief for the victims, right?”